[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-456738 ] Support for smoother debugging of C exts

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Bugs item #456738, was opened at 2001-08-29 19:42
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: Feature Request
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Support for smoother debugging of C exts

Initial Comment:
With every new Python release, the first thing that I
do is modify Modules/main.c to add an empty function
called

void Py_DebugTrap(void) { return; }

The purpose of this function is to give me a handy
place to set a breakpoint so that I can debug my C/C++
extension modules. 

It occured to me that this handy trick might be more
generally useful and worthy of inclusion in the
standard distributions.

Thoughts?

-- Michael Aivazis (aivazis@caltech.edu)

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